MolluscaBase - Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885

MolluscaBase name details

Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885

AphiaID

1475422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1475422)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Melania (Melanoides) variabilis W. H. Benson, 1836 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)

Original name

Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 253-254 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1475422 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-01-09 15:50:45Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-12-30 22:25:07Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 253-254 [details]